Nomination for Perkins, Col. Simon, Mansion

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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Rev.

6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM ENTRY DATE (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) AUG 1 3 1974 NAME Perkins, Colonel Simon, Mansion AND/ OR HISTORIC: TO THE PUBLIC ] Building - In Process - Preservation work Comments Commercial * Museum OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: REPRESENTATION IN EXIST ING SURVEYS TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: 1934 * Federal - Local DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: Washington LOCATION 039 153 CLASSIFICATION STATE Religious CATEGORY Restricted ACCESSIBLE REGISTER Entertainment Both NATIONAL Structure Ohio Private County OWNERSHIP Akron Government Educational Yes: District Park STATUS Site Summit Private Residence Unoccupied 010 Agricultural CODE Scientific Being Considered Library of Congress Summit County Historical Society Public Summit County Building CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: 550 Copley Road Industrial Public Acquisition: Military NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 14- John Seiberling OWNER OF PROPERTY Object STREET AND NUMBER: (Check One) CITY OR TOWN: FOR NPS USE ONLY PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) MAR 2 1 1974 COMMON: Historic American Buildings Survey 72 South High Street - Deteriorated - Unexposed - Unaltered X Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

The east facade has five bays, with a monumental Greek doorway, and the original Perkins furnishings, as well as other nineteenth century being restored by the historical society. Basically, however, the MAR 2 1 1974 CONDITION Moved DESCRIPTION NATIONAL Ruins REGISTER massive stone lintels over the window and door openings.A kitchen wing of the same construction projects to the rear of the house. north and south elevations have symmetrical porch stoops whose roofs Adjoining the house is a frame structure formerly used as a laundry ten acres of beautiful grounds.It is much larger than photographs construction, in the Greek revival style.The house stands on a suggest, as the handling of classical scale is deceptive.Its commanding site overlooking the city of Akron, surrounded by more than structure of the house is unaltered.

remodeled for the offices of the Summit County Historical Society. upper floor the office of the director. a combination of hip and gable.At the east end there is a steeple (Check One) * Excellent house. Its date is unknown. It is one and a half stories, the lower tower with a concave pyramidal roof, surmounted by a windmill. The Fair The ground floor houses the reception and publication offices, and the The roof is story having wooden siding and the upper parts shingled. dominant feature is a full two-story portico of four Tuscan columns. This is a very large two-story mansion of coursed sandstone ashlar floor.The interior woodwork is in one of the simplest late Federal Good The interior has been are a continuation of the main roof line. The simple stair balustrade is also a late Federal design.

PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Pre-Columbian: - 15th Century - Political - Urban Planning - Other (Specify) - Science - Social/Human- scale and at the same time simple, where a lesser client might have to an appreciation of a masterful handling of scale, proportion and Colonel Simon Perkins was born in Warren, Ohio, in 1805. His father Cleveland, Zanesville and Cincinnati Railroad. The mansion was The Greek revival mansion, including its accessory building on the MAR 2 1 1974 detail. Commerce Conservation losophy Communications Military

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SIGNIFICANCE REGISTER Transportation Architecture Aboriginal Agriculture Literature Theater Music Prehistoric itarian Invention purchased by the Summit County Historical Society. Industry major architectural and historical Ohio landmark. Sculpture half-acre fronting on Copley Road and Portage Path, constitutes a and l837.Colonel Perkins was largely instrumental in the formation Landscape General Simon Perkins was one of the founders of the village of Akron Religion/Phi. occupied by descendants of the Perkins family until 1945,when it was NATIONAL of Summit County in l840,and was one of the active promoters of the SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

1837 Engineering Education Art RECEIVED been tempted to ostentation.The deceptive simplicity gradually leads in 1825.Colonel Perkins purchased ll5 acres therein 1832.He and his This is unequivocally one of the great houses in Ohio.It is large in AREAs OF SIGNIFICANCE.(Check One or More as Appropriate)

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Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Ohio Historic Landmarks (Columbus, 1967), pg. 47. Walter Kidney, Historic Buildings of Ohio. (Pittsburgh, 1972), Pg. 29. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PHOPERTY ILIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES FORM PREPARED BY Sept. 1973 CITY OR TOWN: 2. STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- I hereby certify that this property is included in the tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the c-iteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.

The recommended level of significance of this nomination is: Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation GPO 931-894 039 Name LATITUDE LONGITUDE Seconds CORNER Degrees ORGANIZATION Cleveland COUNTY DATE National ATTEST: STATE Minutes Title Degrees Minutes Seconds CODE Western Reserve Historical Society 10825 East Boulevard LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES Eric Johannesen, Preservationist Summit County Historical Society records. NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION National Register. STREET AND NUMBER: NAME AND TITLE: OF LESS THAN TEN ÁCRES APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY:2,5 acres Local HISTOR IAN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Re-submit - INT: 1538-73 KEEPER Entered ARCHEOLOGIST WORKING NUMBER Send-back MAPS National Register Write-up TECH REVIEW Summit REVIEW UNIT CHIEF CONTROL REVIEW BRANCH CHIEF A District? 7:31.74 3.21.74.40 w.R.

Luce AUG 1 3 1974 Federal Register entry 74001624 Cole Accept 9c+.1.1974 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FORM 10-301 A 1. NAME AND/OR HISTORIC 2. LOCATION 3. PHOTO REFERENCE 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. Laundry house, looking northwest. MAR 2 1 1974 GPO 932-009 1973 Mansion Society Akron DATE Historical Society Summit County TOWN STATE COMMON Summit COUNTY Ohio REGISTE Summit County Historical NATIONAL PHOTO CREDIT PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM Perkins, Colonel Simon, (Type all entries - attach to or en close with photograph) 550 Copley Road STREET AND NUMBER NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NEGATIVE FILED AT (6/72) RECEIVED OFFICE FORM 10-301 A NAME AUG 1 3 1974 Perkins, Colonel Simon, Mansion 2. LOCATION STREET AND NUMBER PHOTO REFERENCE NEGATIVE FILED AT 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.

rear of laundry house, looking north. MAR 2 1 1974 #2 % PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 932-009 1973 Society Akron TOWN COMMON COUNTY Summit STATE DATE Ohio PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM Summit County Historical Summit County Historical Society REGISTE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 550 Copley Road AND/OR HISTORIC (6/72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PHOTO CREDIT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) NATIONAL Form No. 10-301a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER AND/OR HISTORIC: LOCA TION AKRON, OHLO MAR 2 11974 DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. Southwest corner of mansion, looking northeast.

INT: 154-72 1973 NAME IDENTIFICATION 039 COUNTY STATE DATE PHOTO REFERENCE Summit CODE Summit County Historical Society PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM (7/72) (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 550 Copley Road STREET AND NUMBER: Ohio CITY OR TOWN: MANSION AUG 1.31S74 PHOTO CREDIT: COMMON: REGISTE #345 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FORM 10-301 A NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND/OR HISTORIC NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) Perkins, Colonel Simon, AUG 1 3 1974 2. LOCATION 3. PHOTO REFERENCE NEGATIVE FILED AT 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. Laundry house and Perkins Mansion, looking southeast.

MAR 2 1 1974 REGISTER GPO 932.009 1973 Society Mansion Historical Society Akron DATE TOWN COUNTY Summit COMMON Summit County Historical STATE NATIONAL NAME Summit County Ohio PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER PHOTO CREDIT (Type all entries -attach to or en close with photograph) 550 Copley Road PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES STREET AND NUMBER (6/72) VIEW RECEIVED Form No. 10-301a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY NAME LOCA TION CITY OR TOWN: AKRON. OHIO DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: Summit County Historical Society DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. INT: 154-72 039 IDENTIFICATION COUNTY Summit DATE REGISTE STATE PHOTO REFERENCE Ohio CODE COMMON: PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM NATIONAI Northeast corner of mansion, looking southwest.

(Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) PHOTO CREDIT: (7/72) AND/OR HISTORIC: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES ENTRY NUMBEF Summit County Historical Society MAR-2-11974 153 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR July 1968) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 1. NAME AND/OR HISTORIC NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) AUG 1 9 197 2. LOCATION 3.

MAP REFERENCE MAR 2 1 1974 GPO 932-010 1967 Mansion Akron Summit COUNTY DATE STATE TOWN REGISTER SOURCE SCALE NATIONAL Ohio PROPERTY MAP FORM STREET AND NUMBER Perkins,Colonel Simon, Form 10-301 550 Copley Road (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with map) REQUIREMENTS: PROPERTY BOUNDARIES, WHERE REQUIRED, AND NORTH ARROW: West RECEIVED OHIO_SUMMIT CO 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AKRON WEST, OHIO AKRON WEST QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 41° 05' 06" UNITED STATES Perkins, Colonel Ferrey, Aaron, House Kuenzer, Joseph II, Residence Hon. Howard M. Metzenbaum State Historic Preservation Officer Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Hon. Charles A. Vanik Columbus, Ohio 43211 Hon. J.

Willian Stancon Regional Director, Midwest Region Location STATE MMott/row Aurora 8/16/74 Name Summit County Geauga County Mahoning County Akron Portage County ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Independence Cuyahoga County Also Notified Hon. Charles J. Carney Claridon Congregational Church Mahoning County Courthouse Interstate 7l at 17th Ave. Date Entered Mr.Daniel R.Porter Youngstowm Northfield Center The Palner House Arlington Avenue District Brimfield Zowmship vicinity) AUG 1 3 1974 Howard, C.I., House Hon, Wllian Minshall Director Claridon Perkins,Colonel Simon,Mansion The Ohio Historical Society Hon. John F. Seiberling